Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-05-10
ON THE STAND.
Dora Sorenson Testifies to the
Jury Concerning the Alleged
Rape
The Testimony in Detail Covers
Good Deal of Space
Cross Examined.
District Court.
NINETEENTH DAY.

NINETEENTH DAY.
In the case Of the Territory VS.. John
McGurk, now on trial In the district
court, Mrs. Dora Sorenson Stupe, the
first and only witness called during
the day, testified as follows: My name
is Dora Stupe; am "a years Of age; was
born in Copenhagen. Denmark, and
have lived in this country five years;
In August, 1885, l left st. Paul to come
to Miles City; reached here on the
night Of the 7th of August; at that
time | had been married eleven
months; got off the train at Miles
City; | met some people at the train
that j didn't know; also met Mr.. Nc.
Gurk and Mr.. Pepper; had never
seen him before but as | stepped of Of
the train | seen him; had no conver.
satlon ~ the time got off the train
with him; he asked me If | wanted TO
20 to hotel and / said yes. and he
said he kept hotel for So Il week or 81
II day, and you can be sure everything
Is all right, and | walked with him;
be took my travelling bag and carried
the other things myself; he said when
VIZ got 10 a little house TO sleep in, and
wien We got there he locked the door
and Lighted the lamps, aud told me TO
undress and GO to bed; got awfully
scared then and walked ih and took
my clothes and went out Of doors; he
said amt you satisfied as long ss you
hav. everything very nice; he said If |
come to sleep with you you can have
IL for nothing and will pay you what
you want; said no and walked out OF
the room and McGurk behind me
across the street to brick building;
two girls came out and asked me what
WAS the matter; Pepper was there; he
asked NE what was the matter with
me and ! told him / felt 80 sorry am
not acquainted at all and dom know
where to go; he said don't be afraid of
me; ! am nice Yankee man and !
don't want anything with you, and /
asked him To show me TO hotel; he
said he would show me to hC tel and
If 1t was locked up could have his
room for nothing. The evidence from
this point was all given through an
interpreter, Mr.. Carl Peterson.) When
| first entered the house with McGurk
he said undress yourself and let US 20
to bed; said what do you mean;
didn't expect this kind OF treatment; /;
he says you can have money; says |
don't want money and Immediately
got up and started across the street to
the other house; McGurk followed her
across the street; two girls came out
aud asked what was the matter and
McGurk said she was not satisfied
with her accommodation across the
street; Mr.. Pepper was also in tn,
crowd; he addressed her, he said come
with me aud | will take you to accom-
modations; Mr.. Pepper said he was AZ
honest man and wished her no harm
aud II she would 20 with him ht
would see to her comfort; he said don't
be afraid Of me; 1 wish nothing bu,
good to YOU and then he took me 10 q
house and opened the door and lighted
q lamp; after he had lighted the lamp
he said the b was large enough for
two and told her TO undress and go &c
bed, and she became very much
frightened but he assured her that he
was an honest man; he grabbed heI
arolnd the waist and threw her on the
bed and In spite Of her cries and strug'
giles succeeded In his purpose; after he
accomplished his purpose he told her
to undress and 20 TO bed and stay there
till morning, and he locked the dooI
on the outside and went away and
while she was there there came a loud
knocking on the door from the outsid,
and she asked who was there, and
upon her refusal to open the door tn,
window few open and McGurk en-
tered through the window and imme
diately grabbed her around the body
and threw her on the bed and sue.
ceeded in his design; after McGurk
had violated her person the first time
she said she succeeded In escaping TO
the kitchen and McGurk grabbed her
around the body aud tried to push her
over onto the table and grabbed her
under the clothes aud took her to the
bed the second time In that man
ner after they got to the
bed she became violently sick at
the stomach, so she cannot remember
whether be succeeded in accomplish.
ing his purpose the second time or not;